Luxury Goods and Services

July 22, 2023

‘Quiet Luxury’ Becomes a Flex for the Ultrarich

In what now seems the quaint era of Truman Capote’s baroque social diagrams, what distinguished the truly wealthy from the merely rich was the better vegetables […]
July 16, 2023

Style Icon Jane Birkin’s Looks Over the Decades

There are few things more tedious than the term “fashion icon,” but that is not to suggest people don’t exist who definitively set styles for their […]
June 29, 2023

The Rise of Luxury IV Drips for Hangovers

High-powered revelers are trying to hack their hangovers with concierge infusions. Some go for Alka-Seltzer. Others, Pedialyte. Anthony Bourdain had a recipe: aspirin, a cold Coca-Cola, […]
June 28, 2023

Does ‘And Just Like That …’ Signal the End of Stealth Wealth?

So does the pop culture and fashion wheel turn. And just like that, stealth wealth, the aesthetic made viral by “Succession,” with its toxic billionaires in […]
June 18, 2023

Pharrell Williams on His New Role at Louis Vuitton

Earlier this month, Pharrell Williams was in the men’s atelier on the second floor of Louis Vuitton’s corporate office in Paris, sunglasses on, surveying his new […]
June 1, 2023

The Balenciaga Comeback Is Happening

At the Cannes Film Festival, the Met Gala and with a new collection. Is the world ready? Demna, the mononymic designer of Balenciaga, that former harbinger […]
May 4, 2023

Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags

Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm Once upon a time, the legend goes, Theseus slew the Minotaur and sailed triumphantly home to Athens on […]
May 2, 2023

In China, It’s Time to Splurge Again, and the Luxury Industry Is Relieved

The end of pandemic-era restrictions has unleashed a luxury spending rebound in China. Which Western brands are coming out on top? This time last year, Shanghai […]
April 20, 2023

The New Tiffany, Unboxed

For nearly four years, the Tiffany & Company flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street was shrouded in scaffolding while it […]
April 20, 2023

The New Tiffany, Unboxed

For nearly four years, the Tiffany & Company flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street was shrouded in scaffolding while it […]